
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, May 11, 1990                   TAG: 9005110201
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

FCC MODIFIES RULE ON CRIMINALS, LICENSES

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday reversed a Reagan-era rule and said it will again consider criminal records in evaluating broadcast license applicants.

Under then-Chairman Mark S. Fowler, the FCC in 1986 rewrote its character-policy rules to consider only felony convictions that appeared to have a direct link with an applicant's propensity to tell the truth and comply with FCC rules. - Associated Press

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